Hugh Laurie

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born 11 June 1959) better known as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director. He first became well known in the media as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, along with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he joined in the cast of Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster from 1987 until 1999. Since 2004, he has played the lead as Dr Gregory House, the protagonist of House, for which he received two Golden Globe awards, two Screen Actors Guild awards and several Emmy nominations.As of August 2010, Laurie is the highest paid actor in a drama series on US television.show more